The Messengers
The Messengers: A series of paintings based on news reporters broadcasting live from Ukraine.
Each one painted in one go, alla prima. Painted directly on the canvas, with limited detail, just enough to get a feel of the expression in action. Surreal, floating heads, in the dark, overexposed by camera lighting, ghostly presences; how we see the news via a TV screen - removed from the reality of the horrors they are witnessing. Familiar faces, familiar voices, war correspondents. (March 2022).
A series of 12, -details of individual works below.
Each one painted in one go, alla prima. Painted directly on the canvas, with limited detail, just enough to get a feel of the expression in action. Surreal, floating heads, in the dark, overexposed by camera lighting, ghostly presences; how we see the news via a TV screen - removed from the reality of the horrors they are witnessing. Familiar faces, familiar voices, war correspondents. (March 2022).
A series of 12, -details of individual works below.
To view 'The Messengers' (a short video) part of 'Amplify' exhibition in NZ in June 2023 click on the image below, or HERE
From the same body of work 2022
Below from left to right:
'The Correspondents', (I and II),
'10-03-2022- Yalda', '15-03-2022-Lindsey', '17-03-2022-Reeta', '24-03-2022-Lyse' (4 women reporters),
The Cost of Living (Reeta Chakrabarti) , The Energy Crisis (Cathy Newman)
(Two paintings featuring newsreaders in the studio broadcasting about the knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine and post-pandemic economy in the UK.)
